Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand | LONDON - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to industry analysts. | Crude pric... (photo: WN)Khaleej Times
Market Report: BA suffers turbulence as oil price hits fresh high | The persistent strength in the price of oil, which swung past $126 per barrel yesterday, bore down on British Airways, which fell 10.25p to 228.25p. | A downgrade by Cazenove, whose analysts revised... (photo: Public Domain)The Independent
Kingdom May Start Growing Rice in Thailand | Summer Said, Reuters | DUBAI, 10 May 2008 — Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top rice buyers, is likely to start investing in rice farms in Thailand by the end of 2008 in a move to boost security of... (photo: WN / Periasamy)Arab News PhotosRiceSaudiarabiaSupplyThailand
Oil hits $126.25 | NEW YORK: Oil jumped to a record of over $126 a barrel yesterday, extending gains to more than 11 per cent since the start of the month on fuel supply concerns and a rush of speculator buying. | US ... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)Gulf Daily News BusinessMarketMoneyOilPhotos
Bad reactions | The figures just don't stack up for the argument that new nuclear power stations will ensure a secure and sustainable energy source , Wednesday May 7 2008 | With French... (photo: creative commons photo / )The Guardian EnergyFranceNuclearPhotosPower
Bank head says greed behind food price rises | : The food price crisis is caused largely by greed and speculation rather than food shortages, the head of Southern Africa's development bank said on Tuesday. | Spirall... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)International Herald Tribune AfricaBankFoodPhotosPrice
Just blame it on China and India | By Sreeram Chaulia | NEW YORK - Two recent pronouncements by US President George W Bush illustrate a new Western tendency to blame China and India for pressing global p... (photo: AP Photo Gary Chuah)Asia Times ChinaFoodIndiaPhotosUS
Asian stocks hit 4-month highs | : Asian stocks rose to their strongest in nearly four months on Monday and the dollar held on to most of last week's gains after jobs data suggested the U.S. economic s... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko file)International Herald Tribune AsiaDollarEmployPhotosStocks
Cruise ship runs aground in Baltic Sea | Riga, Latvia: The cruise ship Mona Lisa with 984 people on board ran aground early on Sunday in the Baltic Sea, off the northwest coast of Latvia, the coast guard said.... (photo: AP / VA ''Tevijas Sargs'', Normunds Mezins)Gulf News DisasterLatviaPhotosShipTransport
